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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1948

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Russia Buys Much Wool

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 June 1948 · page 4

Brisbane — About £2,000,000 worth of wool will be shipped from Brisbane next week for the Continent, England, America, and…

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Merryville Stud Wins Stonehaven Cup At Sydney Sheep Show

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 5 June 1948 · page 4

Sydney, June 3.—Merryville Stud, Yass, today won the Stonehaven Cup—the blue riband event in the State merino world—at the Sydney…

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Wool Gift To Poland

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 June 1948 · page 2

New York, June 6.-The Austra lian Government has agreed to make a free gilt ok £250,000, of wool to Poland…

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Butter for Haifa De-shipped in Brisbane

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 7 June 1948 · page 1

Brisbane, June 6. — Twenty-one thousand boxes of Queensland butter were damped on Brisbane wharves yesterday from the British freighter…

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World Surplus Of Wheat Under Present Policies

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 7 June 1948 · page 1

New York, Jane 6.—For the first time since the war created a shortage, a world surplus of grains above the restricted needs is probable, according…

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Farmers Try to Break Strike

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 June 1948 · page 1

Melbourne.—The strike at Australia's largest poultry farm (Carter Brothers, Werribee) has been extended by the Storemen and…

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Cattle Free Of Pleuro Pneumonia

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 June 1948 · page 7

There have been no recent cases in the Broken Hill district of contagious bovine…

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Rationing Commission Decision On Butter Coupons

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 8 June 1948 · page 1

Sydney. June 6.—In response to representations made by the interstate conference of Retail Grocers' and Storekeepers' Association in Sydney…

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Wartime Wool Profits £30 Million gor Graziers

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 8 June 1948 · page 1

Canberra. June 7.—Australian graziers whose wool was acquired between 1939 and 1946 under the war-time wool purchase scheme will receive pro[?]…

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The Barrier Miner Tuesday, June 8, 1948. Problem of Too Much Wheat

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 June 1948 · page 2

FARMERS, had a severe shock this season when they were informed of the International Wheat Board's reduction of price—indeed, its drastic reduction. There is another for them in the estimate…

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Wool Prices

Western Grazier · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 2

The price being cotained for wool is having a peculiar effect upon the mind of the [?] Primarily this is an ele[?] doubt [?] more property, seen…

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Market Firm for Sheep Sales

Western Grazier · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 3

Sydney. June 9.—When the final old was made today at the stud merine sheep [?] graziers from every State in the Commonwealth had paid nearly 102,000…

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Lice In Sheep P.P. Board And Pastoralists Concerned

Western Grazier · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 1

The main, almost the sole, topic discussed at the P.P. Board and the Wilcannia Branch of the West Darling Groziers Association on Friday lost was lice-infestation of sheep based upon a case where sheep hod been quarantined. Precautionary measures…

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S.a. Sheep Sold in Sydney 750 Guineas for Special Ram

Western Grazier · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 2

Six South Australian studs were vendors of special stud rams on the third day of the Sydney sales on Wednesday. In addition, a number of…

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Wool Promotion Extends To Many Countries Dominion Spokesmen Meet In London

Western Grazier · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 2

For the first time in two years the Internationl Wool Publicity and Research Executive is meeting in London. The function of the Executive is to lay down the policy to be carried out by the International Wool Secretariat for world wool promotion…

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Wheat Crop A Record

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 12 June 1948 · page 1

Canberra, June 11.—Australia's wheat crop for 1947-48 reached the record total of 228 million bushels, Mr. S. R. Carver, acting Commonwealth…

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Subsidies To Be Heavily Cut Tea, Butter-Fat Not Affected

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 12 June 1948 · page 1

Canberra, June 11.—Subsidies will be cut by the Federal Government by about £25 million in view of the "No" vote at the Referendum. The cuts will affect moinly woollen goods including those on imported textiles and clothing, whole milk…

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Our Textiles in U S. Wool Show

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 June 1948 · page 3

New York, June 14.— The largest collection of Australian wool textiles ever exhibited in the United States was a feature of the second…

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Stocktaking In The Dairying Industry

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 15 June 1948 · page 2

Sydney, June 14. — Commonwealth and States are to make a determined effort to seek out and rectify shortcomings in Australia's dairy industry…

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Pastoral Talks

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 8

The monthly meeting of the Pastures Protection Board will be held in the Blende Street office at 10 o'clpck tomorrow morning. The…

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